A GATHERING PLACE FOR CIVIC LIFE

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Welcome to our home. It has lots of places to explore — and we’re still getting things organized. But we think you’ll enjoy the tour, and maybe get excited to come hang out, share ideas, get involved — and help build a better tomorrow, together.

Two relatives sharing coffee and breakfast at a small table as a soft sun rises over the mesas, sheep grazing and corn growing nearby

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Cal Nez, host of Politics on the Navajo Nation

▶ President Buu Nygren sits down with Cal Nez. The full interview is up now on Politics on the Navajo Nation. Hear what Cal asks — and the answers, in their own words. Watch on Facebook → · Read the record of it → · More interviews →

What this place is

Your at-home office for community building. A note-taker, a cheerleader, and a file cabinet for Navajo civic life. The People = The Boss: we inform — never score, rank, or endorse. Every count counted, every claim linked. The Covenant → · the whole why →

The whole journey, in four steps

Where we came from: the history
Where we are: the whole picture · the root problem
Where we want to be: a better tomorrow
How we get there: what needs to happen now · how the people build it

Voting this year? The primary is Tuesday, July 21how & where to vote → · Everyone’s on their phones all day anyway — may as well build something: come aboard →

New here? What is this place → Find your candidates → How to vote → Read this first →

Around town

The Coffee House — today’s paper, the quick check, help wanted · 🏦 The Variety Store — browse the aisles, pick up the basics · 💼 My Office — your homework, to-do’s, and journey

The election isn’t how the people get power. It’s the deadline for the people who borrowed it.

Read by your own device — private, nothing sent anywhere.

What this is: a free, nonpartisan civic education and voter information site for the Navajo Nation. Who’s behind it: volunteers from the community — no party, no candidate, no funder, nothing to sell. Our covenant with you: we bring facts, tools, and people together — every decision stays where it belongs: with you. We never score, rank, or endorse a candidate, and every claim links to its source so you can check us. Read the Covenant → · About this site · What needs to happen now · The whole picture — one article

If you're here for the election, this is the place — and the clock is running.

Primary July 21 — who’s running where you live?

All 102 candidates listed, every race, by agency and precinct — with Cal Nez interviews for 42 candidates as of July 18, 2026, issues, and side-by-side comparison. And Round 2 is on: Three have returned before the primary: Shaquille Begay, Marsha Greyeyes, and Cornelia Carm Wagoner.

Open the 2026 Election page

November 3 — the constitution is on the ballot.

Not just candidates: a yes-or-no on the proposed constitution — how the Nation governs itself, decided by the people. Start with the constitution question (what a yes does, what a no keeps, the strongest case both ways), then go side by side, area by area — current law vs. the draft, with room to mark your own read on each. Registration for that ballot is open until September 24 at 5:00 pm. How to vote & register →

The verdict stays with you — we bring the two texts and the receipts.

More than an election

The election is only the beginning — this Civic Center is built to keep going long after the votes are counted, with plain-language lessons, missions, and community findings year-round. The whole story →

And if you want to feel why this site exists, in about ninety seconds, take the challenge.

A challenge: find one law. We’ll wait.

Before you judge any candidate — try this. Using the Nation’s own official websites, find the current campaign-finance rules for this election. Real links, three steps, about 90 seconds. We could not complete it, and we have not found anyone who has — the index asks you for the answer as the search term. When you see why, you’ll understand this entire website. Take the challenge →

The promises, ranked by you — pick your top 3 (tap to open)

Ideas heard across the candidate interviews — no names attached, ever. Anonymous; combined counts publish on Community Findings, dated. We rank ideas, never people.

How this works: we log types of issues and patterns — never names of people or offices. Nothing posts directly: volunteers review and de-identify everything, and only combined counts publish, dated. Where these ideas come from: every option below was raised by at least two candidates in their interviews, in their own words. No idea appears here because this site thinks it is a good idea.

Where to start

Want the whole why? Our story — including the Ethics & Rules interview: a former director of the Nation’s ethics office explaining, on the record, how oversight works and where it stalls.

Diné To Do’s — what’s due and when →

Vote July 21. Register by September 24. Weigh the referendum. Request the record. Every civic task, sorted by deadline, with guides.

I want to vote informed →

The 5-step journey: candidates, answers, your own private notes — ready by July 21.

A subject to explore →

Eight topic hubs — each gathers the record, where candidates stand, the lessons, and what you can do: Water · Housing · Healthcare · Veterans · Education · Business · Oversight · Reform. Plus Know the Tactics.

I’m just looking around →

Deal a Jeopardy board — every answer teaches something and links its lesson.

Got two minutes? One clue. Five? One candidate’s answers. Ten? One lesson, start to done.

Find your race

Pick your precinct — jump straight to your candidates.

President of the Navajo Nation is on every ballot — the full directory.

Everything else — lessons, games, surveys, missions: The Master Index — the whole system, listed.

What you control →